Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '24 at 18:31
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700k VH 9,708 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 741 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 88 Parallax 76.9 66% 82 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 67.9 59% 72.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2163 Write 2,096 Mixed 1566 432% 1,942 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 76.6 249% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,028 DQ Write 840 DQ Mixed 894 680% 921 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 432GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 249 250 252 249 253 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 248 Write 217 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 244 140% 193 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.6 326% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 213%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 85GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 67 67 67 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 63.2 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 67.1 43% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-4GVK Kingston KHX3200C16D4/4GX F4-3200C16-4GVK Kingston KHX3200C16D4/4GX 16GB 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 32.9 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 46.2 SC Mixed 33 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	24"	1920 1027	BNQ78CE BenQ GL2460

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,699x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	766x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16